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| Picture No | 11095672 |
| Date | 1891 |
| Description | Amateur photographers in China |
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Amateur photographers in China: sketches by the Rev. R O'Dowd Ross-Lewin. Messrs Tripod and Focus go ashore from a river steamer. They decide to photograph a party of natives sleeping in a field. The Chinamen, awaking and alarmed, take flight with yells of terror. The mob is kept at bay, dreading the levelled camera as a new kind of artillery. But they drive some of their water buffaloes in a fresh attack. Tripod and Focus take refuge up a tree. Ransomed by paying away all their dollars, they are permitted to embark in safety. China does not yet appreciate every art of civilisation!
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| Source | Sketches by the Rev. R O'Dowd Ross-Lewin reproduced in the Illustrated London News, 7th March 1891 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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